diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Queues/BackgroundTaskQueue.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Queues/BackgroundTaskQueue.cs
index 671c632e..1f836c9a 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Queues/BackgroundTaskQueue.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Queues/BackgroundTaskQueue.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ public class BackgroundTaskQueue(int parallelism)
 			case UserPurgeJobData userPurgeJob:
 				await ProcessUserPurgeAsync(userPurgeJob, scope, token);
 				break;
+			case ProfileFieldUpdateJobData profileFieldUpdateJob:
+				await ProcessProfileFieldUpdateAsync(profileFieldUpdateJob, scope, token);
+				break;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -299,6 +302,46 @@ public class BackgroundTaskQueue(int parallelism)
 
 		logger.LogDebug("User {id} purged successfully", jobData.UserId);
 	}
+
+	[SuppressMessage("ReSharper", "EntityFramework.NPlusOne.IncompleteDataQuery", Justification = "Projectables")]
+	[SuppressMessage("ReSharper", "EntityFramework.NPlusOne.IncompleteDataUsage", Justification = "Same as above")]
+	private static async Task ProcessProfileFieldUpdateAsync(
+		ProfileFieldUpdateJobData jobData,
+		IServiceProvider scope,
+		CancellationToken token
+	)
+	{
+		var db      = scope.GetRequiredService<DatabaseContext>();
+		var userSvc = scope.GetRequiredService<UserService>();
+		var logger  = scope.GetRequiredService<ILogger<BackgroundTaskQueue>>();
+
+		logger.LogDebug("Processing profile field update for user {id}", jobData.UserId);
+
+		var user = await db.Users.IncludeCommonProperties().FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => p.Id == jobData.UserId, token);
+		if (user == null)
+		{
+			logger.LogDebug("Failed to update profile fields for user {id}: user not found in database", jobData.UserId);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (user.UserProfile == null)
+		{
+			logger.LogDebug("Failed to update profile fields for user {id}: user profile not found in database", jobData.UserId);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		var profileUrl = user.Host != null ? user.UserProfile.Url : null;
+		if (user.Host != null && profileUrl == null)
+		{
+			logger.LogDebug("Failed to update profile fields for user {id}: profile URL not found in database", jobData.UserId);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		user = await userSvc.VerifyProfileFieldsAsync(user, profileUrl);
+		db.Update(user.UserProfile!);
+		await db.SaveChangesAsync(token);
+
+		logger.LogDebug("Profile fields for user {id} updated successfully", jobData.UserId);
+	}
 }
 
 [JsonDerivedType(typeof(DriveFileDeleteJobData), "driveFileDelete")]
@@ -307,6 +350,7 @@ public class BackgroundTaskQueue(int parallelism)
 [JsonDerivedType(typeof(FilterExpiryJobData), "filterExpiry")]
 [JsonDerivedType(typeof(UserDeleteJobData), "userDelete")]
 [JsonDerivedType(typeof(UserPurgeJobData), "userPurge")]
+[JsonDerivedType(typeof(ProfileFieldUpdateJobData), "profileFieldUpdate")]
 public abstract class BackgroundTaskJobData;
 
 public class DriveFileDeleteJobData : BackgroundTaskJobData
@@ -336,6 +380,11 @@ public class UserDeleteJobData : BackgroundTaskJobData
 }
 
 public class UserPurgeJobData : BackgroundTaskJobData
+{
+	[JR] [J("userId")] public required string UserId { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class ProfileFieldUpdateJobData : BackgroundTaskJobData
 {
 	[JR] [J("userId")] public required string UserId { get; set; }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
index 6f5f1686..98be3d9d 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public class UserService(
 			var processPendingDeletes = await ResolveAvatarAndBannerAsync(user, actor);
 			await processPendingDeletes();
 			user = await UpdateProfileMentionsAsync(user, actor);
-			UpdateProfileFieldsInBackground(user);
+			await queueSvc.BackgroundTaskQueue.EnqueueAsync(new ProfileFieldUpdateJobData { UserId = user.Id});
 			UpdateUserPinnedNotesInBackground(actor, user);
 			_ = followupTaskSvc.ExecuteTaskAsync("UpdateInstanceUserCounter", async provider =>
 			{
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public class UserService(
 		await db.SaveChangesAsync();
 		await processPendingDeletes();
 		user = await UpdateProfileMentionsAsync(user, actor, true);
-		UpdateProfileFieldsInBackground(user);
+		await queueSvc.BackgroundTaskQueue.EnqueueAsync(new ProfileFieldUpdateJobData { UserId = user.Id});
 		UpdateUserPinnedNotesInBackground(actor, user, true);
 		return user;
 	}
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public class UserService(
 		await db.SaveChangesAsync();
 
 		user = await UpdateProfileMentionsAsync(user, null, wait: true);
-		UpdateProfileFieldsInBackground(user);
+		await queueSvc.BackgroundTaskQueue.EnqueueAsync(new ProfileFieldUpdateJobData { UserId = user.Id});
 
 		var avatar = await db.DriveFiles.FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => p.Id == user.AvatarId);
 		var banner = await db.DriveFiles.FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => p.Id == user.BannerId);
@@ -1170,47 +1170,33 @@ public class UserService(
 		return user;
 	}
 	
-	[SuppressMessage("ReSharper", "EntityFramework.NPlusOne.IncompleteDataQuery", Justification = "Projectables")]
 	[SuppressMessage("ReSharper", "EntityFramework.NPlusOne.IncompleteDataUsage", Justification = "Same as above")]
-	private void UpdateProfileFieldsInBackground(User user)
+	public async Task<User> VerifyProfileFieldsAsync(User user, string? profileUrl)
 	{
-		if (KeyedLocker.IsInUse($"profileFields:{user.Id}")) return;
+		profileUrl ??= user.GetPublicUrl(instance.Value);
 
-		_ = followupTaskSvc.ExecuteTaskAsync("UpdateProfileFieldsInBackground", async provider =>
+		foreach (var userProfileField in user.UserProfile!.Fields)
 		{
-			using (await KeyedLocker.LockAsync($"profileFields:{user.Id}"))
-			{
-				var bgDbContext = provider.GetRequiredService<DatabaseContext>();
-				var userId = user.Id;
-				var bgUser = await bgDbContext.Users.IncludeCommonProperties().FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => p.Id == userId);
-				if (bgUser?.UserProfile == null) return;
-				var profileUrl = user.Host != null ? user.UserProfile?.Url : bgUser.GetPublicUrl(instance.Value);
-				if (profileUrl == null) return;
+			if (!userProfileField.Value.StartsWith("https://")
+			    || !Uri.TryCreate(userProfileField.Value, UriKind.Absolute, out var uri))
+				continue;
 
-				foreach (var userProfileField in bgUser.UserProfile.Fields)
-				{
-					if (!userProfileField.Value.StartsWith("https://") || !Uri.TryCreate(userProfileField.Value, UriKind.Absolute, out var uri))
-						continue;
+			var res = await httpClient.GetAsync(uri);
 
-					var res = await httpClient.GetAsync(uri);
+			if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode || res.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType != "text/html")
+				continue;
 
-					if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode || res.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType != "text/html")
-						continue;
+			var html     = await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+			var document = await new HtmlParser().ParseDocumentAsync(html);
 
-					var html = await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-					var document = await new HtmlParser().ParseDocumentAsync(html);
+			userProfileField.IsVerified =
+				document.Links.Any(a => (a.GetAttribute("rel")?.Contains("me")
+				                         ?? false)
+				                        && a.GetAttribute("href") == profileUrl
+				                        || a.GetAttribute("href") == user.GetUriOrPublicUri(instance.Value));
+		}
 
-					userProfileField.IsVerified =
-						document.Links.Any(a => (a.GetAttribute("rel")?.Contains("me")
-						                         ?? false)
-						                        && a.GetAttribute("href") == profileUrl
-						                        || a.GetAttribute("href") == user.GetUriOrPublicUri(instance.Value));
-				}
-
-				bgDbContext.Update(bgUser.UserProfile);
-				await bgDbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
-			}
-		});
+		return user;
 	}
 
 	private List<string> ResolveHashtags(IMfmNode[]? parsedText, ASActor? actor = null)